Special Achievements

• First Optometrist in Queensland - practiced for 44 years.
• 1953 - First woman Councillor on Atherton Shire Council, Queensland.
• 1985 - Awarded Member of the Order of the British Empire for service to the people of Atherton, Queensland.

Additional Information

• Became journalist for local Atherton paper for 20 years reporting on activities of voluntary organisations.

Link - WADLEY—KENT

Trove: Queensland Figaro (Brisbane, Qld. : 1901 - 1936), Saturday 11 October 1930, page 8

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